o:id url o:resource_template o:resource_class dcterms:title dcterms:creator dcterms:subject dcterms:description dcterms:publisher dcterms:date dcterms:format dcterms:identifier dcterms:rights dcterms:alternative dcterms:tableOfContents dcterms:abstract dcterms:created dcterms:extent dcterms:isPartOf dcterms:spatial dcterms:rightsHolder dcterms:provenance bibo:authorList bibo:editorList bibo:chapter bibo:content bibo:doi bibo:edition bibo:issue bibo:numPages bibo:pageEnd bibo:pageStart bibo:pages bibo:shortDescription bibo:volume foaf:firstName foaf:lastName foaf:birthday curation:coordinates extracttext:extracted_text iwac:geminiCentraliteJustification iwac:geminiPolariteJustification iwac:geminiSubjectiviteScore iwac:geminiSubjectiviteJustification iwac:chatgptCentraliteJustification iwac:chatgptPolariteJustification iwac:chatgptSubjectiviteScore iwac:chatgptSubjectiviteJustification iwac:mistralCentraliteJustification iwac:mistralPolariteJustification iwac:mistralSubjectiviteJustification 12747 https://islam.zmo.de/s/westafrica/item/12747 Journal article bibo:AcademicArticle Alarama is all at once: preacher, media "savvy", and religious entrepreneur in Niamey entrepreneur | media | preaching | Niamey https://islam.zmo.de/s/westafrica/item/25084 Journal of African Cultural Studies 2013 https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q113528352 Q113528352 | iwac-reference-0000247 In Niger, the role of the media in the re-islamization process that began two decades ago has remained understudied. This article seeks to remedy this gap and discusses a particular example of media usage and appropriation in the urban context of Niamey. It draws on a series of fieldwork studies undertaken in Niamey during the last two years. It focuses on Alarama, a young preacher and one of the most prominent media figures in Niamey. In addition to a series of TV and FM radio programmes he hosts, he has also developed recording and distribution practices that have resulted in the Islamic discotheque, a space that helps him popularize his CD and DVD sermons. I analyse how he has gathered around himself an expanding group of followers, many of whom have developed with him a fan–star relationship. Alarama's case exemplifies the way audiovisual media are constitutive of a new urban Islamic culture, which in return redefines media appropriation and religious imagination. https://islam.zmo.de/s/westafrica/item/540 Niger https://islam.zmo.de/s/westafrica/item/1284 Abdoulaye Sounaye https://doi.org/10.1080/13696815.2012.749782 10.1080/13696815.2012.749782 1 102 88 25